tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post8128925118420795938..comments2018-06-02T19:34:51.407+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: Fine ArtDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-20156656094598989192007-05-18T15:42:00.000+05:302007-05-18T15:42:00.000+05:30Hmm...I wonder what were Mr. Gulammohammed Sheikh'...Hmm...I wonder what were Mr. Gulammohammed Sheikh's views on Danish cartoonist controversy, or when the Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh was stabbed for making a film on Islamic culture. Were there candlelight marches? Did the intellectuals gather and sang songs or performed street plays? Nothing much was stirred in the "secular" circles.<BR/><BR/>I too strongly object the arrest of Chandra Mohan and the vandalizing of the arts faculty, and the artists of our country should be free to draw or sculpt whatever they feel like, but what I loath is the lopsided attitude. Can one draw Allah (<EM>with all due respect to the Prophet</EM>) with his penis hanging out, or ejaculating? No. The artist will be killed and the secular media will term it as a cultural attack. It's the secular (<EM>the actual meaning of secularism is long dead, what remains is a misconstrued, brainwashed caricature</EM>) attitude of mollycoddling a particular community that gives teeth to the xenophobic organizations like the Shiv Sena and the Bajrang Dal. Let there be secular fairness and these organizations will die their natural death because in actuality they have no place in our civil, really secular society.<BR/><BR/>Amrit<BR/><A HREF="http://www.writingcave.com" REL="nofollow">Writing Cave</A>Amrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185098200382864091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-73096351247025459932007-05-17T18:17:00.000+05:302007-05-17T18:17:00.000+05:30I think the lesson here is about consequences and ...I think the lesson here is about consequences and responsibilities. You express yourself, whether via art or protest, you had better be aware of the consequences. Free speech is a great power, but like all great powers, it comes with responsibilities. Protest is just as great a power, but it too comes with responsibilities.<BR/><BR/>I will defend an artist's right to draw whatever the hell he wants to. But if he wants to draw something that will profoundly offend someone, I will tell him he should not do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-14693429935667328232007-05-15T10:38:00.000+05:302007-05-15T10:38:00.000+05:30The protests against this incodent are so many - a...The protests against this incodent are so many - an All India protest for a local incident. <BR/>Now where were Ghulam Mohd Sheikh and other noteworthies when the Cartoon protests/riots were going on or protests/riots when President George Bush visited India?<BR/>Dilip once again when we had total silence from all the necessary people who mattered during the above 2 incidents why deny the VHP/Bajrang Dal their 15 minutes of fame?Nikhilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-3179362143073232102007-05-14T18:09:00.000+05:302007-05-14T18:09:00.000+05:30I read this in the paper yesterday and was hoping ...I read this in the paper yesterday and was hoping there would be protests. The way MS University got bullied by the Hindutva chaps and suspended the professor, a man who, I think, showed rare bravery, was shameful! Sadly, at the moment I am in Kanpur, not Delhi.Anirudhhttp://sinshady016.journalspace.comnoreply@blogger.com